Three cited for marijuana possession

Published: Thursday, March 20, 2014 at 08:02 PM.

Three people were cited for marijuana possession between Thursday and Saturday after displaying behavior perceived to be suspicious.

Around 1:25 p.m. Thursday, an officer with the Kinston Department of Public Safety observed Marlowe Jones, 35, turn into a driveway in an alleged attempt to evade another officer, and when the officer cleared the area, Jones drove in the opposite direction.

According to a KDPS report, Jones is a known drug user in a known high drug area, and when the reporting officer pulled him over in the 500 block of Dr. Martin Luther King Boulevard, he smelled the strong aroma of marijuana. Jones told the officer he had smoked marijuana recently.

A subsequent search revealed a small amount of marijuana, which was seized along with a White Owl cigarillo.

Three people were cited for marijuana possession between Thursday and Saturday after displaying behavior perceived to be suspicious.

Around 1:25 p.m. Thursday, an officer with the Kinston Department of Public Safety observed Marlowe Jones, 35, turn into a driveway in an alleged attempt to evade another officer, and when the officer cleared the area, Jones drove in the opposite direction.

According to a KDPS report, Jones is a known drug user in a known high drug area, and when the reporting officer pulled him over in the 500 block of Dr. Martin Luther King Boulevard, he smelled the strong aroma of marijuana. Jones told the officer he had smoked marijuana recently.

A subsequent search revealed a small amount of marijuana, which was seized along with a White Owl cigarillo.

That evening, around 10:25 p.m., an officer witnessed Michele Shackleford, 42, walking in the 400 block of North Orion Street, which the officer noted in the report is a high crime area and known place of numerous drug arrests.

According to the report, the officer asked her if she had any narcotics on her, and she responded, “You want to look?” The officer then found and seized a small package in her pants pocket containing marijuana.

On Saturday, around 11:32 p.m., officers responded to the 700 block of Cavalier Circle regarding a call of a suspicious vehicle. According to the report, when the door opened to make contact with the two women inside the car, “a cloud of smoke rolled from the vehicle,” and “the pungent odor of marijuana filled the air.”

Officers seized a joint from the car and a small amount of marijuana from the purse of Briana Murrell, 19.

Jones, Shackleford and Murrell were each issued citations and released.

Wes Wolfe can be reached at 252-559-1075 and Wes.Wolfe@Kinston.com. Follow him on Twitter @WolfeReports.